Fountain pen



May 27, 1924. x F. H. OHLAND' FOUNTAIN PEN Filed March so, 1923 INVEN TOR.

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FRED H. orrLAnn, or GIB oiv, ivrrnlvnsomaro'oiv'rnr v PEN.

Application filed March 30, 1923; Seria1 No. 628,809,

To all whom it may) concern: 1

Be it known that I, FRED H. OHLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gibbon, in the county of Sibley and State of'Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain Pens, of

'such class, in a manner-as hereinafter set forth with a feeding device providing for the automatic feed of the ink to the pen, and further to set up said feeding device in suchmanner with respect to the pen that the latter can be quickly and conveniently removed and a new pen substituted without interfering with or changing the position of the feeding device.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a fountain pen which is simplein its construction and arrangement, strong, durable, compact, efficient in its use, readily assembled, quicklydisassembled for cleaning purposes when desired, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more specifically described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to, which vfall within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters denote corresponding 7 parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of a fountain pen in accordan e with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the feeding device looking towards one side thereof.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the feeding device looking towards the other side thereof. F Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44t of 1g. Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 denotes the body portion of the fountain pen and which is hollow, as well as constructed of any suitable material, and is provided with a tapered upper end 2, provided with an opening 3, and is also formed with a tapered lower end 4, provided with an openin 5.

irranged within the body portion 1, and

suspended from the end 2, is a flexible tube 6, which constitutes a reservoir 7, for the ink 8. The upper end of the tube 6 is open, and normally closed through the-medium of a-removable plug 9. The upper end of the tube 6,'is arranged within the opening 3, as well as being secured to the wall of 1 said opening 3. The tube 6 is of less diameter than the'body portion 1, and said tube 6 is spaced from the inner face of the body portion 1, andsaid-tube 6 furthermore has its lower'end spaced from; the end 40f the body portion 1. The lower end of the tube 6-, which is indicated at '10,is provided with an opening 11, and the thickness of the end "10'ofthe tube 6 is greater than the thickness of the body portion of the tube. The body portion of the tube 6' is compressible.- The end '10 of the tube o' istapered, I

Secured in the opening 11, is a feeding device, which consists of a hollow tube formedofa cylindrical upperportion 12, and a reduced lowerportion 13. The upper portion of the feeding device, or rather the portion 12 of the feeding device, hasthe upper end thereof open-and which'communicates with the reservoir 7, whereby the ink 8 from the reservoir 7, can pass into the feeding device. The reduced lower portion 13, of the feeding device, has its lower end closed, as at 14;.

The feeding device projects through the opening 5, as well as being disposed centrally with respect therewith, and to provide for the reduced lower portion 13 of the feeding device, a side portion of the tube is disposed at an inclination, and is so set up that the lower portion 13 will gradually increase in area from its lower end towards the point of joinder thereof with the upper portion 12.

In proximity to the lower end of the lower portion 13, one side of the latter is formed with an opening 15, and the said reduced portion 13 of the feeding device, 7

on the other side thereof in proximity to its point of joinder with the portion 12 is provided with an opening 16.

The penis indicated at 17, and which is.

positioned against the feeding element, as

I gfountain pen, in accordance with this invention is as described and shown, yet it is to be lunderstood that changes in the details of construction can be had which will fall withinthe lightpf the invention as claimed.

:What lcl mz a 7 1. A fountain pen comprising a'body portion having an opening at its upper and at its, lower end. the opening at the upper end being Eof j greater diameter thanthe' jopeningat thelower end, a hollow compressible. element of less length than the length ofand enclosed by said body portion and havingan opening at its upper and lower end, said element havingvits-outer face at 1 its upper. end secured to the wall of. the opening. atxthecupperend of the body portion, a plug for closing theopening at the upper end of; said element, a hollow feed member se- Y ,cur edi'at one end in the opening atthe lower .end ofsaid element and further extending through the'opening at the lower end of the body portionand having a discharge outlet and an air inlet, and a pen arranged against said member and extending through the opening at the lower end of'the bodyportion. v

'2. A fountain pen comprising a body port1on having anopening at its upper and at ltS lower end, the opening at the upper end being of greater diameter than the opening at thelower end, a hollow compressible elejmentof less length than the length ofand enclosed by said body portion and havingan opening at its upper and lower end, said element having its outer face at its upper end secured to the wall 'ofthe' opening at the upper end of the body portion, a plug for closing the opening at the upperendof said element, a hollow feed member secured at one end in the openiiig at the lowerend of said element and further "extending itliroughthe opening at the lower end of the body portion and having a discharge outlet and anair inlet, and apen arranged against Said member and extending through the ropenllflg th e d of the tion, the lower end or said'element being of greater thickness than the body'thereof and the opening in said lower end being of In testimony I I whereof, I ailix my "sig'lia'- tule hereto. 7

smaller diameter than the opening in the upper end of said element.

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